Adopt a Noob - Official MFP thread

psuLemon

List has been updated.

SnowDreams88

Hi all,

I'm looking for a mentor and advice on nutrition and exercise and here seems like the right place to look. I've recently gotten in to improving my fitness and thought maybe we could chat a bit and let you decide if you want to mentor me?

I'm 26, 6"4, 94kg, am a Ski instructor, I play football twice a week and cycle to and from work every day, currently have a 2 day full body workout which I can share if you wish, bit heavy handed for now.

I want to improve my muscle mass/physique and improve my fitness for football, skiing and cycling in general. If anyone would like to chat then please get in touch.

Nutrition and eating right is my focus at the moment, so advice on meal planning would be very welcome.

Thanks!

Donut_Kitty

Hello Everyone,

I am a NOOB I would love to be adopted. I'm a bit confused on how to count my calories or just keeping up with it.
I have a long ways to go till I reach my ultimate goal weight, but currently am trying to shed 20-30 pounds by mid September.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

RachelSallibeth

ADOPT ME PLEASE

Preferably a woman as a mentor, thanks!

StrongAtLast

I would love to be a mentor to a noob!
46 year old woman. I've been at the gym since I could afford at gym membership at the age of 19. I like what lifting weights did for me. ( a trainer at Powerhouse, named BIG BOB, got me started...never looked back)
I've had ups/downs. Working on getting back down, now that the daughter is 10, it's not babyfat anymore!
I try to eat whole foods. I workout anywhere from 2-7 times per week.
I weight lift, ride bikes (mtn, road, cruiser, tandem)
I can talk your ear off about my jeep (my 4th one)
I love peanut butter
I hate indoor cardio
i have 2 herniated discs that I keep in check with my weight training and stretching
I am completely uncoordinated. Please don't ask me to play softball and expect me to actually hit or catch a ball
I hate horse flies
i love elephants.
i've tried a lot of different approaches to eating. I don't like to give up anything.

runningforicecream

Would love to be a mentor, too, if anyone think that I would be the right fit for them.

My impressive qualifications/facts:

I am a foodie and love my desserts (especially ice cream and cakes)
I fit them all in whenever I want them but I don't believe one has to adhere to their calorie limit every single freaking day
I eat out EVERYDAY during the summer
I can offer great insight on Chinese/South East Asian food and recipes
Follow a bastardised version of IIFYM. More like if it fits my calories, most of the time
I have been on MFP since 2012
Lost about 28lbs (not much but I had relatively little to lose to begin with)(not reflected on my tracker)
I run, lift, practice martial arts, cycle, hike, yoga, everything. Used to be the runt of gym classes but am now the most active among my friends
Have injuries to right wrist and both knees. So I usually work around them

My "why me?":

I love food. Enough said.
I lost most of my weight without a single friend on my list. It was lonely and I stumbled and made a lot of mistakes. There's a simpler way than that. To ask for guidance. So, now offering guidance.
I struggle with binge eating. Not 'I eat 200 calories over my allowance!' but more like pintS (plural) of ice cream in an hour. Working my way through it and can provide some of the things I've learnt while dealing with binge eating.

Disclaimers:

No 'clean eating' for me but if you want to do that, that's fine by me
I can be wholly inappropriate at times and with a weird sense of humour
I keep weird timing

So, if anyone is up for it, send me a FR with the MSG that you found me here.

psuLemon

List has been updated to include new mentors.

wrightemporia

I am so new to all of this and really want to make myself so much healthier. I could use a mentor to help lead me down the right path as I attempt to get rid of extra baby weight and depression weight that has packed on over the last 4 years. I am not expecting it to go away over night as it did not get there overnight. I just need encouragement and guidance. And at 35 I don't think I am too old to learn!!!

LaraeTX

I'm available to adopt someone. Hit me up with a message on how I can help. I'm not a personal trainer or anything, everything I know I've learned through my own experiences.

megmoore042

Hello, I am a NOOB looking for some support and advice. I am a 27 y/o female. I am in the military and have a 5 y/o daughter and three bulldogs. My goal is to lose 30lbs. I would prefer to have a female around my age. Not afraid to be blunt or cuss here and there. I have been eating well for the past cuople months, but working out not so good. I need motivation and cannot find it!

murana_

Hi, I'm 21, a little overweight and willing to lose it, but i'm lack of motivation and strengh to do it. Every time I start a diet, after few days of no results (which is normal, but I'm very impatience) I give up and come back to my previous habits of eating a lot and unhealthy. I'm asthmatic and I can't run for a long time, so from time to time I do intervals, but I don't do them regularly, which is probably not good for me. My fiancee isn't motivating me, sometimes he just makes fun of my weight and he thinks that should do the work, but it's totally different - it's not cheering me up but depressing, and when I feel bad I... eat. Awesome, isn't it?

If anyone there would have some time to give me some support i'd be greatful!

psuLemon

All, if you are looking for a mentor, please look at the list of available ones and their profiles. And then send them a PM.

JoshTheGiant

I officially volunteer as a mentor!

BrainyBurro

this is for the young woman who sent me a PM yesterday about getting my help... i went to reply to your message today but i can't find it in my inbox. i must have deleted it by mistake when cleaning up my PMs yesterday. please re-send your PM. i don't know if i have the time to help you, but i can point you to an online thread i made for one of my other noobs and if you read that and still have questions, i may be able to answer those questions as time permits.

it's not really hard to lose weight. you just have to make sure that you know the facts you need to know and you ignore all the other superfluous stuff that other people will insist is important, but which really isn't (e.g. avoiding carbs, eating clean, etc.).

sorry for deleting your PM. i hope you see this.

psuLemon

List updated.


All, make sure when you friend people to include a message. Many of us will not accept FR without an explanation or description. I am one of those.

susanlovesfitness

I am a fitness and health lifestyle change person. I walked into the doctors office 3 years ago and was asked about have bypass surgery because of me being at 300 lbs. I told him to stick it, and left. I joined a gym. Half my body size later with the help of MFP, gyms and eating healthy I have lost and continuing to lose weight. I would love to share and inspire and help people with weight loss goals. It makes me feel great to help others and I want others to feel what I feel, having that freedom and being able to walk up my stairs and dance and not have to shop in the plus size section.

I am currently now preparing for the next year to body build and become a body builder. I love lifting weights and love learning about it.
I would love to help someone who joined MFP and says, okay , now what.. What do I do and how do I do it. I have found a great family with MFP and would like to have ti grow.

mgpearce4

I'll be there if anyone needs help! Feel free to add me.
-Mallory

GalactusEmpire

Hello.

While I am not necessarily a noob, I was wondering if anyone wanted to mentor.

I would like someone to hold me accountable. I think I would be more motivated to eat better and exercise if I knew I had someone to scrutinize my actions.

Is anyone interested?

I am 29. Male. From WA, USA.
HW: 400
SW: 300
CW: 290ish
GW: 200

My TDEE is about 2700. MFP put me at 1900. I chose to lower it to 1300.

For exercise. I tend to hike 3 times a week with an occasional bike ride. I probably burn an average of about 700 calories daily through exercise.

Gemstone290

I have had a look through the list and sent a few messages but wanted to add my bit on here too in case anyone else is interested in mentoring and/or being mfp friends.

I a trying to gain a bit of weight and muscle, generally tone up and be fitter.
I am currently hovering between healthy bmi and underweight but what I want is to feel and look less skinny overall.

Any questions, friend requests, etc welcome

Thank you!

185dengbiqi

I am a noob pick me pick me!!!!!!:flowerforyou:

jofjltncb6

I am a noob pick me pick me!!!!!!:flowerforyou:

It actually works the other way around. As the noob, *you* get to pick your potential mentor. Flip back to page one for the list (and instructions) and go from there.

Good luck.

PunkyDucky

Hey Psulemon,
I volunteer as tribute!

Only have starting my success earlier this year i have learned soo much from MFP over several months and personal experiences that i feel well acknowledged enough to share and support a fellow noob. I know what it's like to want to begin your own weight loss journey but can't help the feelings of being overwhelmed, defeated, not motivated enough, hearing too many inconsistencies, and not knowing where to start.

I'm female 5'5.5", 27 years old, SW was 229lbs and CW is 203lbs. My goal is to lose another 50lbs (or whenever i feel good with my size). I have lost over 25 pounds watching my caloric intake, eating whatever i want, doing a variety of cardio based DVDs and heavy weight lifting.

(I have a lot more information about me on my profile)

Best of luck to everyone!
:flowerforyou:

indianlarry11

Hello.

While I am not necessarily a noob, I was wondering if anyone wanted to mentor.

I would like someone to hold me accountable. I think I would be more motivated to eat better and exercise if I knew I had someone to scrutinize my actions.

Is anyone interested?

I am 29. Male. From WA, USA.
HW: 400
SW: 300
CW: 290ish
GW: 200

My TDEE is about 2700. MFP put me at 1900. I chose to lower it to 1300.

For exercise. I tend to hike 3 times a week with an occasional bike ride. I probably burn an average of about 700 calories daily through exercise.

indianlarry11

I would be happy to help if you would like to add me as a friend.

Cranquistador

Hello.

While I am not necessarily a noob, I was wondering if anyone wanted to mentor.

I would like someone to hold me accountable. I think I would be more motivated to eat better and exercise if I knew I had someone to scrutinize my actions.

Is anyone interested?

I am 29. Male. From WA, USA.
HW: 400
SW: 300
CW: 290ish
GW: 200

My TDEE is about 2700. MFP put me at 1900. I chose to lower it to 1300.

For exercise. I tend to hike 3 times a week with an occasional bike ride. I probably burn an average of about 700 calories daily through exercise.

Please do not lower it to 1300. :flowerforyou:

PepeLPew

Hey guys,

I'm finding as many people have heard calculating my caloric intake confusing given the ton of stuff being thrown at me. Is there a mentor who would like to help my noob questionm?

Here are my stats:
Male, 35, 222 pounds, 5'11

Here's a bit of history:

I lost around 22 pounds last year (from 235 pounds) using weight watchers and gained around 15 back over this year. Looking to change things again.

I have become an avid walker and do it daily, sometimes up to 25 kilometres. I can walk for hours. Helps clear my mind, refocus, and I enjoy getting out. I get psyched about the calories burned doing something easy like walking.

I am having trouble setting up my intake and stats regarding calories given that I want to lose weight (1-1.5 pounds a week) but through exercise as well. I am highly sceptical about the values given to me from fitbit (gave me a 1400 calories goal on hardest mode, which is 500 calories below my BMR - seems like a bad idea...). Over the course of 2 weeks I haven't lose that much and my appetite is diminishing which I take is a bad sign given the ridiculously low calorie goal. Hence my migration back to MFP.

On WW I would do quite a bit of cardio and exercises and gain 60+ activity points and not use them. I found that I did not lose that much weight because my guess is that in not eating back my calories it interfered with weight loss.

I have a fitbit which I can sink if people recommend me doing so. On average I walk around 10,000 steps a day.

My BMR: 1962 calories
My TDEE: 2535 (with sedentary chosen).

My inclination is to choose sendentary (after having read various posts). Maybe I am wrong but then again I would very much appreciate any support/ideas/suggestions at all.

I am looking to lose 1.5 pounds a week or so and am in this for the long haul. In general I eat healthy foods and avoid sugar, flour, baked goods, cookies, store bought stuff. My intention is to walk around 5 days/week for 2 hours at a time over the summer (as a teacher I am quite busy throughout the school year).

I would love to hear any thoughts or suggestions regarding how I could go about setting things up. My thanks in advance,

Eric

belixus

I'm a noob i guess, and i'm bad with keeping up with forums XD. You'd see me here one day and next moment I'm not back again for like another month or so or never. I hope to be more active on here >< .

d4rkkn16ht

Hi all !
I'm a noob my main goal is only a Kg away but keep on a yo-yo diet.
I also want to build muscle specially abs (want a six packs figure as my belly is still too big for my 169cm/70.7Kg - 5'6.5"/155.8lbs).

I workouts 4 times a week : Tue:Cardio+Calisthenics+Weight, Wed:Boxing, Thur:Stretching or I can say mild yoga & Sat:same with Tue with 30,50,50 & 30 min interval.

Anyone interested in mentoring me?

psuLemon

Noobs. Welcome to the forum. I would suggest reading through some of the profiles and emailing a few possible mentors. Many of those that volunteered don't regularly check this thread.

Mykaelous

I'll volunteer to be a mentor. My journey started when I was 270 lb's and 38% BF. Before this I had an on again off again relationship with exercise and eating well. I did a lot of things to loose weight, and while some of them worked I had a few habits that kept sabotaging my success. Finally when was in community college I watched the movie fat head(a movie I would recommend to anyone starting a calorie restricted diet), met an awesome fitness instructor at my school, and was motivated for success. Over the next six months before I transferred to university my goal was to loose as much weight as possible in order to start school on the best foot possible. Up until the summer before transferring I managed to loose 40 lb's and increase my strength by 25%. It was around this time that I upgraded my phone and found the MFP app. This supercharged my ability to loose weight and over the 3 months before my first day at university I lost another 30 lbs arriving at 194 lbs.

Over the next year I would continue to cut until I reached my all time low at 179 lb's(I hadn't weighed this much since middle school). It was around this time that I would fall off the wagon. All cylinders in my life were firing. I was doing time and a half at school, working 40+ hours a week at work, doing 4 dance practices a week on the varsity dance team, dealing with a souring relationship and going to the gym 3 hours a day when my sister moved back in with her then nearly 2 year old daughter at the time and my entire system came crumbling down. I was calculating everything at that moment, my calories, macro's and micros were down to a science, my heart rate during cardio was always a consistent 154, I would time my study sessions, and even monitor my sleep cycles. With a 2 year old in a strange house for the first time, it meant that I would have to conform to her schedule, and there simply wasn't room for me to move my time around. My sleep schedule was 3-10 a.m and when that got disturbed by yelling and crying between the hours of 5-8 right in the middle of my sleep it meant my whole schedule went to crap. I went from being the best performer at work to the worst. I went from killing it at the gym to barely having the energy to show up. I went from a 4.0 average to a 3.2 average. My relationships crumbled and I just couldn't take it anymore. It killed me to the point that I just gave up. Over the next year of not caring and partying I would go from 179 back up to 229. Having graduated university at this time and without a job I realized that now was my time to get back in the game. My niece has finally settled down and with the opportunity to do whatever I want for the next 100 days before getting I job I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I want to focus on the aspect of my life I had ignored for the last year. My health. It's not something I view as daunting anymore. I know what works, I know how far to push myself, and most of all I know that I can achieve my goals. I am walking the path of a trail I have walked before but this time I'm not working 40+ hours while doing time and a half a school and competing in collegiate level dance competitions. This time I'm just focusing on my physical, mental and emotional health. As I write this I just weighed in at 216.8 after 4 weeks of work and I'm not stopping.

I know this was a long story, but it is my story. I'm ready to hear yours and help you achieve your happy ending. Add me and write your fitness story in the message and I will be glad to guide you on your path.